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29 Aug 2014, 18:50
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Hi Guys,
1, Recently I learned a new concept regarding to the sentence structure: using FUNBOYS (FOR, UNTILL, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SINCE) as a connector for two clauses, but I m a bit confused about this example below saying that:
If a comma NOT used between the two clauses, its wrong:
I m late for school, for the traffic jam was too bad this morning. Wrong
I m late for school for the traffic jam was too bad this morning. Right
2, Unlike John, whose parents are out of town and his grandparents are staying with him, Jake lives with both his parents and his grandparents.
Question: Can the clause of "whose...are...." and clause of "his....are...."be connected with "and"?
Many thanks!
1, Recently I learned a new concept regarding to the sentence structure: using FUNBOYS (FOR, UNTILL, NOR, BUT, OR, YET, SINCE) as a connector for two clauses, but I m a bit confused about this example below saying that:
If a comma NOT used between the two clauses, its wrong:
I m late for school, for the traffic jam was too bad this morning. Wrong
I m late for school for the traffic jam was too bad this morning. Right
2, Unlike John, whose parents are out of town and his grandparents are staying with him, Jake lives with both his parents and his grandparents.
Question: Can the clause of "whose...are...." and clause of "his....are...."be connected with "and"?
Many thanks!
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29 Aug 2014, 22:41
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FANBOYS is used to join two independent clause, but in this context the usage is having some sort of dependency. It states why he was late, hence acts as an adverbial modifier. So, we don't require FANBOYS
For the second sentence, the prepositional phrase""whose...are....""1 and prepositional pharase 2"his....are.."are parallel to each other and hence it is correct
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Hi,
I would like to add few questions too
1) Is usage of 'UNLIKE' similar to LIKE ? used for comparing nouns or noun phrases ?
or is it a coordinating conjunction and used to join two independent clauses ?
2) From MGMAT : 2 independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) with comma
I am at the station , and the train will arrive anytime soon.
I am at the station , but the train hasnt arrived.
DO we use comma with coordinating conjunction to join independent clauses always ? is the comma mandatory everytime?
I would like to add few questions too
1) Is usage of 'UNLIKE' similar to LIKE ? used for comparing nouns or noun phrases ?
or is it a coordinating conjunction and used to join two independent clauses ?
2) From MGMAT : 2 independent clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) with comma
I am at the station , and the train will arrive anytime soon.
I am at the station , but the train hasnt arrived.
DO we use comma with coordinating conjunction to join independent clauses always ? is the comma mandatory everytime?
